Shingled hoofing



Dec. 19, 1922.

J. H. MUNRO.

SHINGLED ROOFING FILED JAN. 8,192!- To all whom it may cmiccrm:

drains downwardly between the shingles,

lfatenterl Dec. 19, 1922.

JAMES H. MUNRO, OF PEN ARGYL, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHINGLED ROOFING.

Application filed January 8, 1.921. Serial N0. 435,950.

it known that l, JAMES ii. Mnrino, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pen Argyl, in the county of Northampton and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shingled Roofing; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear. and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the 59.1116.

, My invention relates to shingled roofing and has for one of its objects to provide a flexible water-proof carrying sheet for a plurality of shingles. which sheet is adapted to receive and carry oil any water which thereby permitting the latter to be much shorter tl'iain. usual with acorresponding reduction of expense and weight. p

A further object is to provide such an arrangement as to permit. the upper edge portion oi the shingle carrying sheet to 2 -t as a flange by means of which the several sections or" the roofing may be nailed in. place, and in this connection, a further aim, is to provide a suitable layer of material on the app surface of this nailing flange with its upper side flush with the shingles thereby forming a support for the next adjacent row oi? shingles so to prevent accidental breakage thereof when walking on. the root or placing other weight thereon.

ll ith the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel construction and association of parts hereinafter described and i n do claimed, the descriptive matter l'ieing supl igure ii: is a dot the form shown in Fig. 3.

in the term oi construction shown in Figs. 1 and. the numeral 1 designates au clouated rectangular shoot of :ppropriate floriblc \valer-prool' material. By means oi alayer 2 oi: any suitable nouslrying flexible cement. a phn'ality of shingles 3 of slate or any other desired material are secured to the upper surface of the sheet 1 with their upper ends spaced downwardly from the upper edge of: the sheet so that a flange 4 is provided through which the nails 5 may be driven for attaching the roofing to the roof 6. The layer 2 of cement extends over a portion of the area of the sheet 1 and is thicker over the flange 4- than it is between the s'shingles and the body portion of said sheet, so that some of this cement permeates into the crevices between the shingles and abuts against the upper ends ofsaid shingles to inoreeflectively connect them with the sheet- 1 and to prevent any rain or the like from possibly seeping in between the two.

are the sheet 1 and its shingles 3 are laid on. the roof, a filling layer 7 is overlappedat its lower edge wltli the flange 4: or rather with the cement of said flange,

the upper portion of said filling layer extenc 'ng to the roof as shown. The upper surface of this slieet is flush with the'upper suriaces oi the shingles 8 so that'the next adjacent sheet 1 will lie flatly in place and its shingles will. be supported against possible breakage when walking upon the roof or otherwise placing strain thereon, and it will be seen that wherever the end of one oi the sheets i abuts the end of another sheet, the layer 7 will prevent any leakage. This layer may be constructed of any suita material. and it will. be observed by rererence to Fig. 2 that the nails 5 serve not only to secure the sheet 1 and shingles rried thereby on the root, but act also to cure the layer 7 in place. In the term of construction shown in Fig. 4 the carrying sheet 1 for the shingles 3 extends a greater distance beyond the upper ends of said shingles as at P and as seen at 7 the cement which is used for securing the shingles in place, forms a tapered filling layer on part of the upper side oi" said extending portion l of the sheet l. This arrangement supports the whii es of the next adjacent row against hr ll and causes them to lie flat in place well as performing all other functions oi? the separate filling layer 7 above described. I

By constructing the roofing sheet in the manner shown and described, it is not only an easy matter to correctly lay the roof but the shingles may he made unusually short and hence a great saving in material is effected. Even though the shingles are much shorter than usual however, no leakage will take place since the carrying sheets of the n on oil any water whit-.11 lows hetween the shin:

gles. Furthermore, no warmth is sacrificed by the reduction of the lengths of the shin gles,.in View oi the addition of the heavy carrying sheets.

Since excellent results may be obtained from the details disclosed, such details may he followed i'tdesired. I wish it under stood however, that within the scope of the invention as claimed numerous minor changes may hemade.

I claim:

1. A roofing section comprising a backing of flexible water-proof material, a row of shingles adhering to the upper face of the lowerportion of said backing and terminating short otthe upper edge thereof a plastic coating upon the upper face of said back ing above said shingles and contacting With the upperiedges otthesl'iingles, and a sheet of flexible waterproof material extending upwardly ii'om the uppeii :edges of said shingles flush with the outer iiaoes of the shingles and extending across the plastic covering and beyond the up per edge of said l'iaclcing whereby the shingles will be supported against breakage under strain applied to their outer faces when in use.

' A roofing section comprising an elongated i'ectai'igular sheet of llcttihle Waterproof material a row of separate fire-proof shingles cemented on said sheet and occupying the full length thereof, said sheet projecting beyond the upper edges oi? said shingles to provide a nailing flange, and a filling layer applied to the upper side of said nailing flange, the upper surface of said filling layer being flush with the upper surfaces oi 'said shingles and being adapted to support the shingles oi the next roofing section against breakage when weight is placed thereon.

f). A roofing section comprising an elongated rectangular sheet oi flexible Waterpii'ooi material, a layer 0i. flexible non-drying cement on. said sheet and a row of shingiessecui'ed in place on said sheet by said cement, the shingles heing spaced from the one edge of said sheet to provide a 11ailing l'lange, the cement on said flange being the edges oi? the shingles.

{i}. A structure as specified in claim 2-3, the

cement on said flange being fiush with the upper surfaces of the sh ngles and being 'tapered to a feather edge.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set thicker than elsewhere and snugly aln'itting 

